How Does the Nightly AutoUpdate Work?
Introduction The nightly Automatic Software Update Services provided within the Human Genetics Department is aimed towards patching a large number of workstations and servers on the same day the patches are released. Pre-requisites In order to participate, you need to be running one of these systems: Windows 2000-based servers and Windows 2003-based servers as well as desktop computers running Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional. Your system will also have to have group policy configured so it will know where to pull the updates. Computers set up by the IT office will have this feature enabled. Update Process 1. New updates/security patches are released by Microsoft. 2. The IT office approves the updates. 3. Workstations configured to use this service download the approved list of updates from our server and apply them. 4. If a reboot is necessary, the workstation reboots if no user is currently logged in. If a user is logged in, a message will come up asking the user
